All you need to know about traveling while pumping and flying with breast milk. From security, to the gate, up in the air and even on the way back - Park Slope moms share their experiences about flying with breast milk and pumping (plus tips for alternatives to breastmilk). Includes advice from some of our amazing working moms about what they did when they had to travel for business!

A guide to local support services including new parent groups, counselors and therapists, community support services and consultants. However, The best way we know of to get support as a new parent is to join one of the monthly baby groups. Want to Join a PSP Baby Group

I’ve heard the statistic that the kitchen sink has more germs than the toilet. But, my toddler doesn’t bee-line to the kitchen sink, hold the rim to steady himself, then use the basin as his personal splash pad. He tries that trick at the toilet. Even though my toilet sparkles (ha ha), I don’t want baby blowing bubbles in toilet water.

If you are feeling stressed out and feeling alone? Do you find youself wondering if you could have post partum depression (PPD)? Here are a list of warning signs from the Post Partum Depression Center, as well as links to personal experiences and stories from local parents about how they deal with feelings of stress and depression.

No two birth experiences are alike and a mother's transition from labor and delivery to new motherhood can be vastly different. For some moms, moving out of a traumatic birth experience (TBE) never seems to happen. Some have been physically injured by the birth of their baby, and postpartum care doesn't always address these health issues. Other new moms are impacted by anxiety, anger and disappointment as well as full blown postpartum depression. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be a possible outcome of childbirth.